ANNEX NO. 14
Description of the boundaries of the Legation quarter at Peking[1]
Point 1 is situated on the south wall of the Tartar City a hundred feet to the east of the east side of the superstructure of the Ch'ien Men. From this point the boundary runs for a distance of two hundred and sixteen feet, following a line nearly due north, as far as
Point 2, southeast corner of the white stone balustrade which encloses the open paved space before the principal entrance of the Imperial City.
From this point the boundary runs for a length of three hundred and ten feet along the east side of this balustrade, nearly directly north, to
Point 3, situated on the north side of the road which forms a continuation of Legation Street, at the intersection of the boundary line coming from 2 and of a line prolonging the north side of Legation Street.
From this point the line runs for a length of six hundred and forty-one feet and a half (measured around and in the angles of the wall) along the north side of Legation Street as far as
Point 4, at one hundred and forty-six feet to the west of the corner (southwest) of Gaselee Road, measured along the north of Legation Street.
From this point the boundary runs for a length of two thousand one hundred and fifty-two feet (measured around and in the angles of the buildings) in a general northerly direction, but following the line of the buildings now existing and, in the open spaces between the buildings, a line parallel to the general line of the buildings on the left side of Gaselee Road and one hundred and fifty-seven feet west of the west side of the gate which leads from Gaselee Road to the exterior court of the Imperial City, as far as
Point 5, on the south face of the south wall of the interior court of the Imperial City, and at one hundred and fifty-seven feet from the west side of the gate at the end of Gaselee Road.
From this point the line runs for a distance of one thousand two hundred and eighty-eight feet nearly due east along the wall as far as
Point 6, southeast corner of the exterior court of the Imperial City.
From there the line runs almost directly north along the wall for a distance of two hundred and eighteen feet measured in a straight line to
Point 7, northeast corner of the exterior court.
From there the line runs nearly due east for a distance of six hundred and eighty-one feet to
Point 8, southeast corner of the wall of the Imperial City.
From there the boundary runs nearly due north for a distance of sixty-five feet along the wall to
- ↑ For a plane table survey of the Peking Legation boundaries which accompanied the protocol, see S. Doc. 67, 57th Cong., 1st sess., between pp. 330 and 331, or John V. A. MacMurray, Treaties and Agreements With and Concerning China, 1894-1919, vol. I, between pp. 298 and 299.
